Q: What are your favorite ways of being creative?

Here are Christine Kane’s 21 favorite ways to be more creative. I like many of them: the 20-minute walk, the go-see-a-gallery, go-hear-live-music. My favorite suggestion of hers is “read poetry aloud” (I found Christine’s blog through this post on the Life Coaches blog).

Q: What are your favorite ways to be creative?

* Sleep in on the weekends – best ideas around 10am on a lazy wakeup
* Get in front of an easel with paint
* Walk on the beach with a notebook
* Go hiking by myself
* Go to a music concert, symphony or chamber
* Read beautiful language
* Also, read Haruki Murakami and Isaac Bashives Singer

…And your ways? Would love to hear what you think! Great weekend to you!

4 thoughts on “Q: What are your favorite ways of being creative?

  1. I love her #1 too: stop watching television! Glad I tossed the idiot box, it annoyed me too much. I do like to watch the odd movie now and then (I love stories in any way, shape or form) but no mindless channelsurfing for me.

    I don’t agree with her dislike of digital photos. I find I’ve become far more creative with photos and digital art since I own a digital camera. I suppose it’s also very personal…the things that work and the things that don’t. For example, she recommends keeping a journal with pen & paper, not on the computer. My husband hates writing with pen and paper, he finds it hampers his stream of thoughts because his hands are too slow but he’s a very fast typer. And a great writer IMO.

    I find I’m most creative when I slowly drift out of a mid-afternoon nap. My best blog posts (“Future” for example http://grimo1re.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/future/ ) have been written after a nap. Naps are magic!
    So are walks, I love taking a simple neighbourhood walk with my husband. We hammer out the best ideas when walking.

  2. Senia, I love Haruki Murakami! I can’t believe you do too! :D

    I become creative when I look at other creative works, art, drawings, architecture, photography, writing. Good work inspires good work.

  3. Grim, Alvin, thanks for the great comments!

    Grim, that’s the cool thing with creativity, right? That’s C.Kane’s creativity inspirations will be different from yours! Neat that digital photos are great for you! I agree with you about naps – weekend naps are superb, and a walk is da best.

    Alvin, coooool! Yes, if you like Murakami, you’ll love I.B.Singer. I agree with you about becoming creative when seeing great works. Thanks for the photo comment – I’ll aim to update monthly or seasonally. Best!

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